Botany and Zoology. 135 
III, BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY. 
1, Zilustrations of the Genus Carex; by Francis Boor, M.D., 
Treasurer and Vice President of the Linnean Society. London, W. 
appearance in the year 1824, Dr. Boott, whom we claim as one of our 
botanists, notwithstanding his long residence in London, has sedulousl ‘ 
investigated this genus for twenty years, beginning with the Britis 
American species, which he elaborated for Sir Wm. Hooker's Flora Bore- 
ali- Americana. e imposing volume before us, with 200 folio plates, 
comprises a portion only of the results of his continued study of Carex, 
and forms what we presume may be regarded as only the first an 
illustrated monograph of the genus, which for the number, fullness and 
faithfulness of the figures, and the magnificent scale of the work, is alto- « 
gether unrivalled. For, although this volume holds out no intimation of 
a successor, neither the materials nor the patience of the disinterested 
author are exhausted, and illustrations for a second volume as large as the 
first, are, as we believe, nearly ready for the engraver. 
ne reason for the predilection for our North American species which 
this volume indicates, and which renders the work so invaluable to the 
botanists of this country, is given in the brief preface, or rather letter 
which follows the dedication of the volume to the author's early friend 
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Accordingly most of the species here figured, are North American or 
East Indian. It will be useful to enumerate the North American Carices 
here illustrated. They are: 
C. filifolia, Nutt. ' C. amplifolia, Boott, 
/ crinita, Ls 
decomposita, Muhl. 
Torreyi, Tuckerm. 
